Despite multiple roster upgrades, Cubs still must prove doubters wrong.
When the team gathered a little over a month ago at Cubs Convention, optimism for the upcoming season was running high.
"There is no other reason to play this game other than to win," Swanson told reporters in Arizona."Realistically, when you look at everything that way, that's why I came here, to be a part of something bigger than myself. To be a part of a team that could bring forth a fourth World Series for this great organization."
On the other hand, have the Cubs improved enough to challenge the Cardinals and Brewers in the NL Central?
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